Casket floral rack



April 29, 1952 w, BELL 2,594,722

CASKET FLORAL RACK Filed NOV. 15, 1945 INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 29, 1952 UNITED STATES CASKET FLORAL RACK William T. Bell, J efierson County, Ala.

Application November 15, 1945, Serial No. 628,881

. 1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to a rack or bracket and more specifically to a special form of rack for supporting a floral double spray of flowers or floral blanket upon part of the top of a burial casket while approximately half of the top is open. At present there is no such rack in use, and as a result when a modern type of casket is used and has part of its lid open before and during funeral services, a substitute such as the back of a chair or small table is used to support the part of the floral piece or blanket that extends beyond the lower end of the casket lid. The rack may also be used to support any other kind of floral display near or beyond the end of the casket lid.

Other advantages will appear from the drawing and description.

By referring to the drawing, part of this application, it will be observed that Fig. 1 is a plan view of the lower end of part of a burial casket with the rack in place for use and flowers supported thereon; Fig. 2 is an end view of Fig. 1 with flowers removed; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the lower end of a casket with rack in place for use and flowers thereon; Fig. 4 is a plan view of the rack only.

Similar reference numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Again referring to the drawing in detail it will be seen that the device comprises two main pieces I and 2 preferably madeof thin stiff metal movably attached together by a rivet or bolt 3. The longer ends of the pieces I and 2 extending from the bolt joint are bent to form angular extensions 4 adapted to fit in the space or crack 8 between the top edges of the sides of the casket l and the lid of the casket. When the bracket is thus set the weight of the lid retains the bracket in place upon the casket end so that it will support flowers 6, or the end of a large floral blanket that would extend beyond the lower end of the casket.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the rack may be easily set in place for use and then removed from the casket without injury to the casket finish, and also provide a practical and PATENT OFFICE simple device so as to avoid the use of unsightly substitute means for supporting large floral designs adjacent the lower end of a modern casket while the upper part of the lid is open.

The rack may be made of any material suited for the purpose, but I prefer to make it of thin stifi' metal suitably finished in nickel or otherwise such as enamel.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, I do not wish to limit same to the exact and precise .details of structure, but reserve the right to make all modifications and changes so long as I remain within the spirit and scope of the following claim.

Having described my invention I claim:

In a floral display supporting bracket of the character described for use in combination with a burial casket comprising; two pieces of thin stiff metal of equal length and width, a bolt inserted through said pieces at a point a comparatively short distance from one end of each piece, said pieces being held movably together scissorsfashion by said bolt, the other end of each piece being bent and defining a curved portion directed toward each other in a straight line when said pieces are positioned scissors fashion with the angles formed by the pieces adjacent the bolt joint being approximately degrees; the longer portions of the pieces between the bolt and the bent ends being slightly curved; the other end portions adjacent the bolt being straight.

WILLIAM T. BELL.

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